Hook-link fastener for eyeleted wearing-apparel



H. E. ROSS.

HOOK LINK FASTENER FOR EYELETED WEARING APPAREL.

' APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29,1918. 1,353,614.

Patented Sept. 21,1920.

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. Be it known that I, HERBERT ERNEsT Ross, subject .of the Kingof GreatBritain and Ireland, residing. at Equitable Buildings, George street,Sydney, New South Wales, Aiistralia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hook-Link Fasteners for Eyeleted IVearing-itpparel, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto devices for fastening together eyeletedmarginal edges of openings in shoes, leggings, corsets, and otherarticles ofclose fitting apparel. It consists of a fastener of thedouble hooklink type, and comprises a link or connector limb of metalarmed at one end with a plurality of laterally disposed claws, and atthe other end a corresponding number of downturned catch claws.Fasteners, according to this invention, are characterized in that thefixing or anchoring means at one end of them consists of a plurality oflaterally disposed claws which are insertible in adjacent eyelet holesonly when the eyeleted margin of the apparel is folded or crimped tooffer the necessary entry clearance. These anchor claws are effectivelylocked in said eyelet holes when the apparel is in its nor mal shape,but they permit the link to be moved to insert the catch claws incorresponding eyelet holes on the opposite margin of the article or towithdraw said hook claws out of said last mentioned eyelet holes. Theterm eyelet holes is intended to include holes not fitted withreinforcing eyelets.

The known type of double hook fastener, which consists of a rod or barbent to form. two parallel link members cross connected by an integralyoke at the anchor ends and bent to form catch hooks at the extremities,is adapted to be inserted in and attached to oneside of the apparel byentering its end upwardly from neighboring eyelet holes therein anddrawing it therethrough so that the yokewill underlie the materialbetween,

said eyelet holes. In that type of fastener the link or limb members arenecessarily parallel, and in pairs. In hook fasteners according to thepresent invention. the laterally disposed anchor hooks may be formed ona buckle-like link member or on the ends of parallel or crossed linkmembers, he-

cause the link members are not drawn through the eyelet holes and theanchor hooks and the catch hooks are n rtlbls Specification of LettersPatent; .Patented Sept, Application filed November 2-8,- 1918. SerialNo. 264,549.

into the eyelet holes the apparel. l

In the accompanying explanatory draw: 1ngs Figure 1 is a partialperspective; View from the outer side of i of a shoe showingthe closurein the upper thereof fastened according to the. present invention, thefasteners being formed to, simulate a shoe lace arranged in the conven-vtional way; Fig. 2 is a perspective: view showing one of my fastenersheldin position for insertion of the anchor claws in neighboring eyeletholes, the-apparel being shown fdoubled/up 2 to ;ofi"er the necessaryen'-.

trance clearance fo'rthe. anchor hooks;.Fig..

3zis an underneath plan view. showing'one of the fasteners attached toone side of eye- 2 leted apparel by means of its anchor. hooks;

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation showingone.

of my fasteners securing adjacent eyeleted edges of a: piece of apparel,the dotted. line showing the lift-up position of the fastener as itappears in the action of fastening the joint; Fig. 5 isv a plan viewshowing-a modified form of thesame fastener adapted to engage ,at'either endthree. oppositelydisposed eyelet holes; as shoes are commonly13 made with five eyelet holes ,oneither side. of the vamp opening, itis necessary to provide a means for securing the odd fifth pair ofevelet holes. This is accomplished by making one of the fasteners withan additional pair of arms adapted t0 take the odd pair of eyelet holes;Fig. 6 is a plan view showing another form of the link members, in whichthey are constituted of parallel bars with a central crossed bar, whichmight be expanded or shaped according to any desired pattern to form abuckle-like structure; Fig. 7 is a View corresponding with F'g. 6showing the method of making the Fig. 6 buckle fastener to engage threeeyelet holes instead of two eyelet holes for the rea son explained withreference to Fig. 5.

The standard form of the fastener is that shown in Figs. 2 and'3. Itcomprises an X- shaped member 10 which may be convencated a distanceapart corresponding neatly with the centering of the eyelet holes 13.

The anchor hooks 11 are inserted by doubling up one edge of the apparel14 as shown in g- .2, so t t t e anch r hooksl y be entered through theadjacent eyeleted holes 13 and then spreading the apparel 14 as shown inFig. 3. The anchor hooks are then held irremovable as long as theapparel is in the normal position. To remove the fastener the appareledge must be doubled up as shown in Fig. 2 to offer clearance for thewithdrawal of the anchor hooks. Fig. 1 shows two of these fasteners inuse on a shoe, the anchor hooks and the catch hooks respectively shownin dotted lines.

Where it is necessary to provide a fastener for embracing together threeopposite eyeleted holes, an extra pair of arms 16, 17, is attached tothe X-link member 10. One of these arms is fitted with a catch hook 15corresponding with the other catch hooks, and the other said arm isformed with an outwardly disposed anchor hooklS. If this anchor hook 18were disposed inwardly so that it would lie in the same direction as theadjacent anchor hook 11, it would be liable'to work out o-f'the eyeletedhole in which it is set, but by making the anchor hook-s alternatelyinturned and outturned laterally as shown in Fig. 5 complete securityfor the anchor'end of the fastener is obtained. The anchor end of thefastener in this case is insertedby first passing its supplemental limb16 through its eyelet hole, and then drawing up the material betweenthe" two adjacent eyelet holes as shown in Fig. 2 and inserting in saideyelet holes the other two anchor hooks 11 of the fas- .tener inthe'manner already described with reference to Figs. 2 and 3. It isquite immaterial what form or design may be applied to the link memberof which the hooks form terminalsit may be formed as a buckle-likedevice, or in the conventional crossed lace type shown in Figs. 2, 3 and5, or in an H bar type as shown in *igs. 6 and 7.

When the eyelet holes are not reinforced with a metallic eyelet, theclaws of the fastener are widened and curved so as to minimize risk ofdistorting and tearing the leather or other material in which the holesare made.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. A fastener for eyeleted apparel comprising rigidly connectedmembers, a laterally disposed anchor hook at one end of each member, anda catch hook on the other end of each member.

2. A fastener for eyeleted apparel as embodied in claim 1, havingadjacent anchor hooks bent in opposite directions.

8. 2i fastener for eyeleted apparel comprising rigidly connectedmembers, a transversely disposed anchor hook on one end of each member,and an inwardly bent catch hook on the other end of each member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HERBERT ERNEST Ross.

Witnesses W. J. HUMPHREYs, H. C. CAMPBELL.

